HELM course starts 4th February 2013 at Warsash
Warsash Maritime Academy (WMA) claimed to be the first training provider in the UK to gain full MCA approval for its Human Element, Leadership and Management course at the Operational Level (HELM).
The aim of this course is to hone non-technical skills progressively, recognising that such expertise is universally applicable both at sea and on shore and is part of the life-long learning of any seafarer.
HELM, which addresses resource management and is sometimes referred to as non-technical skills, incorporates social skills, such as leadership and team-working; communication; operating effectively in a multicultural environment; planning and co-ordinating skills to optimise work load management and delivery; and cognitive skills, such as problem analysis and decision making and high-level situational awareness.
This was further supported by the MCA (2010) with the statement, “Analysis of shipping disasters in recent years has produced an increasing awareness of the central importance of the human element…everyone involved [in the shipping industry] needs to understand that they, themselves, are the human element. Their continued business success depends on how far they are able to manage their own behaviour along with the behaviour of those around them.”
WMA’s three-day HELM course addresses the STCW Manila Amendments requirements, which underline resource management principles as being intrinsic to professional competence.
Simon Holford, WMA’s principle lecturer (management) said; “Warsash has been involved in working with the MCA and the industry to develop the standards which have been taken forward by MNTB and we are very pleased to be offering this important training.”
The HELM course starts 4th February 2013 at Warsash.
Source : Warsash Maritime Academy